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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-25
WISCONSIN,.

Gov. Rusk with family returned to Madi-
son from months sojourn at the seaside
and feels greatly improved in health. He
weighs trifie more than when he went
away and looks ruddy.
Henry 2. Armsby, professor of asricul-
tural chemistry, at the Wisconsin State
University, has accepted the directorship Of
the Pennsylvania agricultural experimental
station and will leave for the East in few
days.
At Milwaukee, Thomas Burns, sixty EIGHT
years old, employed at the West Milwaukee
shops, sat on q railing in front Of his house
waiting for his family to come from church.
broke his neck, being killed instantly.
Paul Ostrowski, seventeen years old, was
shot and killed at Milwaukee by August
Hernke. dock laborer. The latter was
shooting at target in National Park,
when OstrOwski came within range OF
Hernkes rifle. He was hit in the region of
the heart and died soon after.
United States District Attorney Rushnel
at Madison has concurred in the opinion OF
Assistant United States Attorney Rogers
that Galbraith Bros, Of Jane sville, Wis.
noted importers of horses, notwithstanding
the recent opinion Of the acting secretary
OF the treasury to the contrary, are legally
bound to pay government duties on inn
ported horses so long as they import them
for sale and profit merely aud not for
breeding purposes. Papers were served on
T. +. Villas, attorney tor Galbraith Bros,
demanding payment OF $1,000 on unpaid
duties on lG9 horses imported prior to July
?, 1887.
Prof. J. n. Turner, who took the school
census Of the city Of Ashland in June last,
also took at the same time the number of
people connected with private families only,
not including boarding houses or hotels.
the city not included in his list there must
be at least 200 more. which gives tho city
Of Ashland 4 population Of over ll,UUO.
Many have SO estimated it, but had no facts
to verify it. This is from actual count and
personal visitation Of every house in the
city, carefully and systematically per-
formed. Although some estimate 1t upon
this basis at 1900, it seems perfectly
reliable and within bounds to call 1t 1l.0OOi
Specials from every portion of the state
show that the recent rain storm was
districts have been effectually relieved.
The storm was accompanied by high wind,
which played havoc with trees and build
ings. Hail broke thousands Of panes of
glass in Richland Center, and throughout
the county, and corn was badly hurt A
daughter OF Jenson Miller, of Fulton, and
Miss Henderson, Of Illinois, guests of the
Miller family, were drowned by the cap
sizing Of boat in the storm in Lake
kegousa. Two others were rescued. The
victims were about ~ years OF age. Near
Lancaster, Grant county, lightning struck
the barn OF Thos. Beetham, which was des-
trOyed, together with its contents. Beetham
and daughter were rendered insensible
and the cows which they were milking
were killed. The animals fell upon
Beetham and his daughter, but they were
rescued by the wife and hired man. The
caster, but telegraphic communication was
obstructed and no news could be received.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-25

1t has been decided that the Iowa G. A.
r., will start for the st. Louis encampmeut
Sept q. going by special train on the Z. B.
a. .. line.
At Storm Lake, Tuesday, the steam -four
ing mill and contents, Skell's blacksmith
shop and Guilford's Ou.buiidinGs were
destroyed by fire. Loss, $l7 ,OJO; insurance,
ell,O0O.
A special from Strawberry Point says a
house and barn, Snyder's barber shop, X.
Hanson's dwelling, Reinlem's two-story
dwelling and Porter's blacksmith shep were
destroyed by fire early Sunday morning.
Only by strenuous efforts was the business
portion OF the town saved.
Valuable discoveries Of iron ore have
been made near Waukon, Alamakce county.
and company has been formed with a
capital of $4.OOO,0 90 to operate and develop
the same. The incOrporat0rs are Henry w.
Price, George ID. Roper and John II. Sine.
Large tracts of valuable ore are already
located with fiattering prospects of almost
unlimited resources
At Walnut, in Pottawatamie county,
Tuesday, fire destroyed Is buildings. Tie
town has no fire appliance bnt one hand
engine, and in two and . half hours the
Rock Island depot, three large grain eleva,
tors, q large barn, and a number Of shops
and dwellings were destroyed. The value
of the property destroyed was S'jOOOO Clay
ton a. Schofield's and Sprangler's elevators
were among the buildings burned.
Constable Potts, at Des Moines, found q
keg of beer in the barn Of Thos. Hardy, and
though 1t was not claimed it was for sale
but held for consumption by Hardy and
others who had bought it, q warrant was
issued for Hardy's arrest. Potts met his
man on the street in conversation with q
friend, read the warrant, and commenced
firing, hitting Hardy twice, whose wounds
may prove fatal, and seriously woundlng q
passerby. The constable is in Jail.
Des Moines telegram: The murder case
against ). A. Row, for tho killing of Con-
stable Logan, is being thoroughly prepared
by both sides. There is controversy fol
the trial at the next term Of court. The
defense as we'll rs prosecution have en-
ployed detective to work up the case
Those hired by the defense are Chicago.
best men for detective work. Able counse
has been employed to assist Count,
Attorney Phillips in presenting the prosecu
tiOn. The services OF Col. Pete Hepburn
one of the greatest criminal lawyers of til,
state, have been obtained by the use o
money subscribed at various meetings alt
by individuals last winter.
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An Important Verdict.

The Coroner's Jury on the Toledo, Peoria
T. Western disaster at Chatsworth sgreed
on q verdict, which holds Timothy
grand jury and exonerates the company.
The verdict says that the failure to patrol
the track for six hours before the excursion
close to the track is q subject for criticism.
As soon as the verdict was announced
Coughlin was taken in custody at Pontiac,
the county seat Of Livingstone county.
He did not give hail and went to Jail. He
insists that the verdict is unjust; that he
went over his entire section as ordered, and
that no fires were built as near the bridge
as Heald and Taggert testified. The jury
made out separate verdicts for each Of the
victims. Mrs. DIR. Duckett Is the first
name on the list. The following is the
''state OF Illinois, Livingstone county, IS.
In the matter Of the inquisition of the body
Of Mrs. DR.. Duckett, Of Forest, H., deceased,
held at Chatsworth, on the 11th day Of Au-
gust, A. ID. 1887: We, the undersigned
the death Of Mrs Dr. Duckets late ate Of as1 Forest
ILL.,, on oath do find that she came to her
death by injuries received in the wrecking
of the Niagara Falls excursion train on the
Toledo, Peoria & Western railway, on
which she was passenger, at bridge two
0Au OAV AoiA AACO Co0t Va Su0OS"OA Sus
about IL O'Clock, midnight, Wednesday,
Aug. 10, 1887. We find that the wrecking Of
the said train, which totally demolished
eight coaches, one baggage car and one
engine, and either killed or wounded most
of the occupants OF said coaches, was
caused by said bridge having been burned
out before the train struck it. We think
from the evidence that the bridge was fired
from fires left burning, which had been set
as late as 5 o'clock in the afternoon by the
section men as close as Is feet on both the
east and west sides of the bridge. We
further find that the foreman OF section I,
Timothy Coughlin, disobeyed positive
orders from his superintendent to examine
the track and bridges on his section the last
thing on Wednesday, and We find that he
did not 90 over the west q miles at all on
Wednesday, and that the said foreman,
Coughlin, was guilty Of gross and criminal
carelessness in leaving fires burning along
the track in such q dry season and with
such wind blowing.
We recommend that he be held for ex-
animation by the grand jury; and fu rther,
it is the opinion of the jury that the leav-
ing Of the track without being patrolled for
six hours before the passage Of the excur-
sion, and the setting Of fires by the section
men on such dry and windy day as the
1cth of August, 1857, were acts which de-
deserve severe criticism.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-25
Political and PerAonAl.

The Mayor of Chicago has paid visit to
New York to see how things are done in
large town.
The President has recognized Federico h.
Beclen as consul general of Chilli in the
United States.
Ex-Lieut. Gov. Blackburn, brother Of
U. 3. Senator Blackburn, is dying of
Bright's disease, at his home, Louisville,
KY.
Senator Beck of Kentucky was at st.
Paul, Minn., the other day and the local
papers found out that the sturdy Scotch
man knew enough to know how not to be
interviewed.
The Massachusetts, Democratic state COM
mittee has decided to hold the State con-
vention at Worcester ON Tuesday, Sept 20.
1t was decided that the convention should
choose four delegates and four alternates
to the next national Democratic convention
The author of "Grandfather's Clock" died
recently in the University Hospital, London
The song is better known than the writer
OF it, q Mr.. r. Z. Bertrand, who tried again
and again but never afterward caught the
public taste. He was an actor, theatrical
manager and dramatist.
Senator kiddleberger was released from
the Winchester, Va, Jail, at 2 O'Clock in tho
morning by 100 men from Edinburg, who
took the Senator by means of ladders
placed at the upper windows. How far
Judge Newman will go toward holding the
100 for contempt remains to be seen.
1t is said that the Marquise de Mores. the
daughter of Baron Louis A. Won Hoffman.
the Wall street, New York. broker, is seek
ing diuorce from her husband the whilom
Montana adventurer, whose exploits as
meat packer at MedOra, are quite familiar
to Northwestern people, and in which enter.
prise he wasted o great deal Of money.
When Senator Leland Stanford was
before the Pacific Railroad Commission he
declined to answer questions in regard to
expenditure OF funds for the purpose of
influencing legislation and now he has been
cited to appear before q United States
Circuit Judge at San Francisco to show
cause why he should not be compelled to
answer.
Prof. O. 8. Fowler, the noted American
Phenologist, died Thursday, after an illness
OF only 80 hours, resulting from spinal
trouble, superinduced by hard cold, at
Sharon Station, Conn. He was born in
Steuben Co., N. Y, Oct. II, 1903, graduated
at Amh0f6C In 1854 anu since 1855 mas con-
staDtly been before the public as an editor
and lecturer on Phernology.
The president OF the w. G. 7. u, Mrs
Margaret Bright Lucas, London, Miss
Frances E. Willard, vice-president for the
United States, and MIS- Hannah WhitalI
Smith, OF Philadelphia, secretary, have sent
out a call to Christian women in every land,
and OF every denomination, who are in
terested in the temperance reform, to OBJ
serve the 18th and Is Of November next az
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-25
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

England's postmaster-general is opposed
to half-rate telegraph messages and long
distance telephoning.
In the Norwich parliamentary election
the Gladstonians secured sweeping victory
much to the dismay of their Tory opponents.
The Bundesrath has authorized the raising
of loan of SOOO,O0O marks to enable the
German government to work the alcohol
monopoly.
Knoll Hall, the ancestral home of Sir
Lionel Sackville West. the British minister
at Washington, at Seven Oaks county Of
Kent, has been partially destroyed by fire.
Two-thousand buildings were burned in
the recent confageration Mt Scutairi,
Turkey. Three persons were burned to
death, and thousands left homeless and in
distress.
Bordeaux has been visited by hurricane,
which destroyed an enormous amount OF
property. The storm caused the collision at
ArchacOn of two excursion trains, and
several cars were wrecked and Il persons
were injured.
Acyclone swept the southern portion of
France On the 10th doing an immense
amount of damage. 1t was most severe in
the department of Aude, where many
houses are levelled to the ground and
several persons killed.
The London Standards Vienna cores
pondent says: England, Austria and Italy
have sent Turkey an identicaln note declaring
that they consider the election of Prince
Ferdinand legal. 1t is reported that Turkeys
attitude is becoming friendly"
Prince Ferdinand. has appeared before
the Bulgarian Sobranje received the oath
and signed the constitution and issued a
proclamation, in which there was no refer.
ence to Russia. 1t is said Prince Ferdinand
has insured his life for two million florins.
The inquiry conducted at Rome, Italy, by
the minister OF commerce into the effect oi
American trade upon the orange and lemon
production OF Italy has been concluded. III.
report states that Californians supply the
American market throughout the year: that
in Florida the plantations arc not situated
ON land suitable for the growth of oranges
while in regard to Louisiana the opinion i:
expressed that Italy has nothing to fear
the season their being very brief.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-25
From Queen Victoria.

The Queen Of England sends the following
reply to President 'Cleveland's letter of
Jubilee congratulation:
Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the King
dom Of Great Britain and Ireland. Queen
Defender of the Faith, Empress of India,
etc, to the President of the United States OF
America. sendeth greeting: Our good
Friend-We have received from the hands
Of Mr.. Phelps, the United STATES minister at
our court, the letter which you addressed
to us on the a6th of May last, and in which
you convey your congratulations and those
of the people of the United States on the oc-
casion of tue celebration of the tiftieth an
niversary Of our accession to the throne.
We request you to accept our best thanks
for this proof OF friendship and good will,
which, with the similar proofs we have re-
ceived from the rulers and people of other
states, has caused us the most sincere graft
fication. We thank you also for the choice
you have made of Mr.. Phelps to be the i'll
terpreter of your sentiments on this oeca-
sion. We request you to accept in return
our best wishes for your own uninterrupted
happiness and welfare, and for the pros.
perity Of the United States of America, and
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-25

on a b. Il o. passenger train within
the limits Of Washington City, d. c., on the
morning Of the 18th, the train ran on to
Y track, resulting in a smash up. The engine
was thrown from track and the engineer
scalded to death. Fifteen passengers re-
ceived injuries, but none fatal.
At Albany, N. Y. John J. Reilly, aged q,
foreman in tho scratch shop Of Rathbun,
Sard Il Co.'S stove foundry, disappeared
Saturday morning. His body was found in
an oven for baking ladies. 1t was presumed
he went in there, and laying down, went to
sleep. Fire was started Saturday and tho
door OF the oven was then locked. His
presence not being noticed, he was baked
for about 40 hours.
At GAINESVILLE, Ohio, horrible death oc-
CURED at Thomas brakes planning mill.
Jimmie" Drake, as he was known, aged
and assistant foreman OF the mill, while
attempting to replace q belt on shaft,
fell with his breast on the cutoff saw,
which cut q cash 10 inches long and eight
inches deep through the ribs and heart,
protruding his vitals and causing instant
death.
The steamship City Of Montreal Of the
Inman line, which left New York for Liver
pool on the 9th, burned at sea after being
four days out. The fire originated in cotton
stored in the aftermath hold. All of the
passengers, over 400, but seven, were saved.
One boat containing these and six of the
crew were lost, orders Of the captain not
being needed. In few hours the York City
came up and received all the occupants of
the boats on board. The City Of Montreal
was valued at 100000.
Fires on the 14th destroyed the Louisville,
KY, Spoke factory, loss $4,000; three
stores at Washington, ID. G., loss $o5, 600;
lumber yards at East Boston, Mass, loss
$4,000; the Greenwood school house at
Hyde Hark, Boston, Mass, loss $22O0O;
Augusta, Ca, Lumbard's foundry, loss $l5,-
600; at Pittsburg, Pa, by the upsettlng OF q
candle standing BY tho coffin Of child
awaiting burial, the coffin took fire and
burned to ashes and the remains were re-
duced to cinders.
Wilmington, Delaware, fire broke out in
3 places at the same moment In Ruth's house
furnishing factory and the establishment
was damaged $4,000 by the successful in
cendarism. In the drug store of Clinton,
Webb at Macon, ILL.,, terrific explosion oc-
Cured causing the instant death of Nelson
Mcdaniel and the probable fatal injury Of
Mr.. Webb. The druggist was engaged in
compounding q mixture when the explosion
occurred. No one was present except Webb
and Mcdaniel, and it will be difficult to
learn what Webb was doing. He is unable
to speak.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-25

FERAMARZ LITTLE, died at Salt Lake
City, Utah, 4 few days since in his 5Sth
year. He was elected Mayor in 1876
and held the Office for three terms
He was acontractor on the Union Pacif-
ic and oneof the chief promoters of the
Utah Central, and director of the
latter company till his death. He was
once polygamist, but years ago put
aside his unlawful wives.
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Sarah Hosmer of Lowell, Mass

Sarah Hosmer Of Lowell, Mass,
though poor woman, supported stu
dent in the HISTORIAN Seminary, who
became Il Christian preacher. Five
times she gave $50, earning the money
in factory, and sent out five native
pastors to Christian work. When more
than GO years old she longed to furnish
Nestoria with one more preacher. and,
living in an attic, she took in sewing
until she had accomplished her cher
ished purpose.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-25

Mr.. PARNELL, according to cable ad-
vices, has neither the strength nor the
wish for another collision between his
own followers and the Speaker, backed
by the rest Of the House. The Irish
may undoubtedly wreck the Land bill
if they choose on the question of the
method of revising rents. Some of
them wish To wreck it. Mr.. Parnell
does not. Should violent counsels pre-
vail he prefers leaving the responsible
ty to others.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-25

FRANCIS BRAMLEY of Cleveland owns
horse which served through the en-
tire War of the Rebellion. He has
been retired from active service, but
occasionally he goes to soldiers re-
union. He proudly lifts his head at
the cheers of his companions of the
war. He pricks up his cars at the rat
tie of drum and tries to prance at the
sound of the buglc and seems to enjoy
the occasion as much as any of his two
footed friends.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-25

The Russian Embassy at Constanti-
nople has handed to the Porte aprotest
against Prince Ferdinand's occupancy
of the Bulgarian throne. It declares
that he has been guilty of an audacious
attempt against the ri ghts Of the Pow
ers, and that the responsibility for his
adventure and for his tlagrant violation
of these rights must now rest entirely
with him, even should the other Pow
ers think fit to permit the violation of
their privileges.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-25

THESacremento (Cal.) Record Union
says that the assumption of the law
that the knowledge of certainty of
speedy death imposes upon one the OBJ
legation to speak the truth, and thus
gives weighty Importance to "dying
declaration" has experienced rude
shock in the case of Mrs. Kegel, who,
while expiring, related, under the in
junction that she was dying, that one
Hall had beaten her with hatchet.
The fact was undeniably established
that her husband had beaten her, that
she knew it, and that Hall was mile
or more distant at the time she received
the wounds. That woman was at
least faithful to her faithless partner
even in death, and entirely careless of
the injury she was inhicting upon an
innocent person by dying with lie
upon her lips.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-25

THE Pittsburg Leaders Presidential
vote ran up to SOIL, Of which Blaine
got 1921; Cleveland, 1852; Lincoln,
729; Sherman, sos; Conkling, 500; aud
Hill, 96. Lincoln was the second choice
of ], 1,4S5 and Sherman Of 1925.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-25

CONTRACTOR George r. Lyons, of
Brooklyn, who is now enjoying his
honeymoon somewhere in Canada, is
said to be defanlter in the sum of
$4,000, one-eighth Of which belonged to
some Italians in his employ.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-25

IT seems that American newspapers
are not the only ones to point out the ex-
ccedingly problematical character of
the De Lesseps undertaking on the Is
thmus of Panama. The Economists
Francais figures out of the cost of con-
struction to a recent date at about
$233,oOo, 900, the fixed charges on which
are 100000 annually. The canal
cannot be finished within six years, and
ut the rate of expenditure that has pre-
vailed hitherto it will cost 5000, 900, 600
which would oblige the company to earn
$50, 100000 annually in order to keep
even with it's subscribers and the rest of
the world. 1t is difficult to see whence
such a revenue could be derived, even
if the canal be finished as proposed,
which is by no means certain.
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CURRENT COMMENT.

HERR HARMoNIsT. ono of the lie aiding
players at the Frankfort Chess Congress,
was formerly a ballet dancer in Berlin.
He should be engaged for the Ameri-
can opera company.
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CRESCO. IOWA, THURSDAY, AUGUS % 1884,

the Almighty.
Given at our court at Windsor Castle the
18th day Of July. in the year Of our Lord
1887 and n the fifty first year Of our reign.
Your good friend, VICTORIA, X. /.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-25

CARDINAL MANNING is over six feet
in height and very slender, his shoulders
slightly rounded. His face is particu-
larly gentle and kindly in its expression.
His forehead is broad and high. His
eyes are dark gray, we'll sunken under
projecting eyebrows. His nose is a
fierce, aristocratic Roman. His face is
quite angular and is, of course, smooth
shayen. His cheek-bones are high,
with large depression in the hollow Of
the chin. His mouth is thin-lipped and
straight. His chin is pointed, project
ing, and most positive in its lines. He
wears his Cardinals cap slightly over
one car, giving him rather dashing
air,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-25

The Coroners jury upon the B & OR. r.,
accident at Washington, d. c., censure the
railroad company for habitually using too
great rate OF seped at the dangerous point
where the accident occurred.
By the spreading of rails passenger train
was wrecked ON the Cleveland Il Pittsbnrg
r. R., near Bayard, Ohio. The rear sleeper
left the track and fell over ON its side. Two
other sleepers left the track, but were
pulled on again. The porter of the wrecked
car was killed and four passengers injured,
two Of whom may die.
Owing to the failure Of the air brakes